Falling Away

This is about my one of my very dear friends who moved away a few months before I started high school. It was very sad. I wrote this for her, I hope you all enjoy it.

I feel so far 1,000,000 miles away Crawling to the edge of the cliff Your hand slips through my grasp Tears cry out, but they don't fall Words come, but they don't speak Your bond with me is like a wound reopening I can't see your face no matter how hard I remember The friendship hanging from a thread Torn between two worlds That which I remember And a reality I can't see When I think of the bond we had Laughing at the world Standing side by side The friendship we shared The secrets we stored All that disappearing Like a fog evaporating Taking the suns joy with it 8 hours in reverse The world spins round The way your smile lit up your face The way we laughed at silly purple books Spinning faster and faster Getting farther and farther Black Roses on a hill Do you remember Memories spinning around me Sparks flying before my eyes Water slides in front of me Trickling off the ride When the whisper of your name brings no thought When the cold rush of joy never happened The world falling out from under my feet As you tear your hand away from mine Walking further away Foreign bells ringing in the background

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This year I became really close to a foreign exchange student. She had to go back to Sweden early and I felt so empty because she had become one of my best friend. Your poem explain how I felt when she left. Excellent job and keep writing!